Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland

market community Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Eisenstadt area
License plate :	EU
Surface:	26.51 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 48 '  N , 16 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '11 "  N , 16 ° 36' 23"  E
Height :	151  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,669 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	101 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7062
Area code :	02680
Community code :	1 03 13
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 1 7062 Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland
Website:	www.st-margarethen.at
politics
Mayor :	Eduard Scheuhammer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (23 members)	15th 6th 2 15th 6th 2  A total of 23 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 6 FPÖ : 2
Location of Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district
town hall
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland is a market town with 2669 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Szentmargitbánya .

geography

The community is located in northern Burgenland near the state capital Eisenstadt. Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland is the only village in the municipality. Other locations are the industrial center, commercial and trading park, the Sankt Margarethen-Berg weekend house settlement, the Märchenwald zoo, the Sulzhof, the mills Klostermühle and Eselmühle, which are now inns, and the Roman quarry .

history

St. Margarethen and the quarry on the road to Rust (center left) on Lake Neusiedl, which was then dried up, around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg .

Later under the Romans, today's Sankt Margarethen was in the province of Pannonia .

Sankt Margarethen has been a market town in Burgenland since 1647. Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German West Hungary) until 1920/21 . From 1867 the Hungarian name was "Szentmargitbánya". Since 1898 the name "Margita" had to be used due to the Hungarian government in Budapest .

After the end of the First World War , after tough negotiations, German-West Hungary was awarded to Austria in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919. The place has belonged to the then newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

At today's border crossing point between Sankt Margarethen and Sopronkőhida (Hungary) on August 19, 1989, on the edge of the Pan-European Picnic, several hundred GDR citizens managed to escape across the border then sealed off to the West. Today, this event is widely regarded as groundbreaking for the fall of the Iron Curtain .

Population development

Culture and sights

Roman quarry St. Margarethen

Parish church of St. Margarethen in Burgenland

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland

• Roman quarry St. Margarethen : The most famous sight is the Roman quarry, in which St. Margarethen sand-lime stone is still mined today. Here, among other things, the building material for Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral was obtained , but also later for the construction of many buildings along Vienna's Ringstrasse .
• Sculpture's house in Sankt Margarethen with sculptures at the Roman quarry
• Parish Church of St. Margarethen in Burgenland : Another attraction in St. Margarethen is the parish church, which is essentially Gothic. The current building was completed in 1516. The baroque sandstone pulpit dates from 1795. The church was expanded in 1959/60. In 1991 the chancel was redesigned.
• Karner from the 14th century
• 17th century pillory

Family Park Neusiedlersee

• Familypark Neusiedlersee : the largest amusement park in Austria with around 140,000 m²

Regular events

Opera stage in the Roman quarry Sankt Margarethen with scenery for Carmen

• Opera Festival St. Margarethen : The well-known 'Opera Festival St. Margarethen' takes place every summer in the disused part of the quarry.
• Passion plays in the Roman quarry: Around 450 amateur actors and a further 200 employees from all ages and professions - mainly from St. Margarethen - perform the 'Passion plays' in the Roman quarry every 5 years. In 1926, Passion Plays were shown for the first time in a farm in St. Margarethen. The natural backdrop of the Roman quarry has been used since 1961 for the performance, which takes place every five years. In 2001 a total of 70,000 visitors came on 20 match days. The net proceeds of the performances are used to support parish, social and missionary projects. The next Passion Play will take place again in 2016 in the Roman quarry.
• Sculpture symposium St. Margarethen : In and around the Roman quarry there are more than 100 sculptures. From 1959 to the 1970s , sculptor symposia were held here on the initiative of Karl Prantl ( Symposium of European Sculptors ). The sculpture symposium in St. Margarethen was the initial spark for a worldwide movement that was reflected in numerous new sculptor symposia in Europe, America and Asia in the course of the following decades (see also Street of Sculptures (St. Wendel) and Stones on the Border ).

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

65.18
(+3.37)

26.22
(-6.75)

8.60
(+4.46)

n. k.
(-1.08)

ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

LBL

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 23 members on the basis of population.

Results of the municipal council elections since 1997

Political party	2017			2012			2007			2002			1997
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	1,213	65.18	15th	1149	61.81	14th	1137	61.56	15th	907	49.40	12	745	48.28	11
SPÖ	488	26.22	6th	613	32.97	8th	641	34.70	8th	854	46.51	11	625	40.51	10
FPÖ	160	8.60	2	77	4.14	1	35	1.89	0	75	4.08	0	173	11.21	2
LBL	not running			20th	1.08	0	not running			not running			not running
FBL	not running			not running			34	1.84	0	not running			not running
Eligible voters	2444			2469			2407			2350			2199
voter turnout	82.90%			84.12%			84.17%			86.34%			85.81%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Eduard Scheuhammer (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor, Franz Fleck (ÖVP), Wolfgang Jerusalem (SPÖ), Irene Nieder (ÖVP), Christoph Osterseher (ÖVP), Franz Schneider (SPÖ) and Manfred Unger (ÖVP) also belong to the community board.

Christoph Osterseher (ÖVP) is also the community treasurer. Martina Scheibstock (ÖVP) is the environmental councilor.

mayor

Mayor is Eduard Scheuhammer (ÖVP), who succeeded Franz Strasser (ÖVP) in January 2007. In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Scheuhammer was able to prevail in the first ballot with 70.79% against Franz Schneider (SPÖ; 23.85%) and Heinz Raschl (FPÖ; 5.36%).

Manfred Unger (ÖVP) was elected deputy mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council.

Michael Schalling is the head of the municipal office.

coat of arms

Blazon : The golden figure of St. Margaret with the golden worm in a red shield above a green mountain.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Paul Koller (1889–1950), civil servant and politician
• Emmerich Tálos (* 1944), political scientist and author
• Josef Altenburger , district school inspector, stonemason and local researcher

People related to the community

• Karl Prantl (1923-2010), Austrian sculptor, founder of the 'Sculptor Symposium in St. Margarethen'

literature

• Franz Joseph Grobauer: stones, people, times. St. Margarethen. Self-published, Vienna 1965, 64 pages.
• Josef Altenburger: Festschrift 750 years of the market town of St. Margarethen (1232–1982). - 187 pp.
• Josef Altenburger: Memories of a life in the village. 246 S. Verlag Marktgemeinde St. Margarethen im Burgenland, 2000.
• Alfred Weidinger (Ed.): We want to set standards. 50 years of the St. Margarethen Sculpture Symposium. Weitra 2009, ISBN 978-3-900000-46-2 .

Web links

Commons : Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland  - travel guide

• Side of the community
• 10313 - Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Site of the St. Margarethen Opera Festival

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Election results St. Margarethen im Burgenland 2017 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
2. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results St. Margarethen im Burgenland 2012 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
3. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results St. Margarethen im Burgenland 2007 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election result St. Margarethen im Burgenland 2002 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Marktgemeinde St. Margarethen im Burgenland: Municipal Council (accessed on December 18, 2017)
6. ↑ Marktgemeinde St. Margarethen in Burgenland: Mayor (accessed on December 18, 2017)
7. ↑ Market town of St. Margarethen in Burgenland: employees (accessed on December 18, 2017)